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Towards launching of the Nordic Coding Regional Hub in 2025

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Towards launching of the
Nordic Coding Regional Hub in 2025

The Code4Europe consortium responsible for the European Code Weeks between 1st July 2024 and 30th of June 2026 is launching as one of the innovative elements of the European Code Weeks setting up and operating National and Regional Hubs for Coding.

Task of the National and Regional Hubs is to:

  • Function as a central point of contact for information and dissemination
  • Provide support and resources for the coding community empowering them to expand their activities and amplify their impact
  • Be closer to the local needs and context to become more impactful

Roles and Responsibilities of the Hubs are:

  1. Define the priorities of the annual EU Code Weeks
  2. Based on the Priorities define the Roadmap of events
  3. Continuously reach out to and coordinate the national and regional ecosystem players (local schools, tech companies, educational organizations, academia, NGOs and volunteers)
  4. Use local media, social media and community events to raise awareness
  5. Community management: provide the professional management of the Regional Hub with regular activities, dissemination, evaluation and monitoring and impact measurement as well as selection of Ambassadors and Lead Teachers
  6. Resources, Support and Training:
    • Curate and promote a portfolio of resources in line with the agreed business model approved by the Regional Hub Members and based on the needs and priorities defined
    • Offer training sessions and certification for teachers and trainers
    • Provide ongoing support and trouble shooting and
  7. Represent the Regional Hub in European and Global Collaboration.

On 9-10th of January the Nordic Coding Ambassadors gathered for the first planning meeting in Copenhagen, hosted by High5girls, a Danish not-for profit organization founded in 2018 by CEO Marianne Andersen with two decades of experiences from the MedTech branch. The Coding Ambassadors representing Finland were Marianne Seppälä from the City of Lappenraanta. And Leenu Jorau from Helsinki University and Leader of the INNOKAS Network and from Iceland Gudny Olafsdottir, from Dalsikskoli. The Swedish Coding Ambassador represented the City of Malmö and coordinator of the Hub is Eva Fabry, Director of the European Center for Women and Technology, based in Oslo.

The team is confident that the time for the launch of the Nordic Hub is now as the new entity will rest on solid pillars:

  • Education and harmonizing of a joint Nordic Approach to Computational Thinking and programming in compulsory education and
  • A rapidly growing leading role of the Nordic countries in digitization
    (See McKinsey´s last year report on – What’s driving the Nordic countries’ software export surge?) 
    With major successes and strong competitive edge today in regard to (i) digital adoption, (ii) demographics, (iii) funding, (iv) industry, and (v) policies.

In case your organization and you are personally interested to join the coding and computational thinking ecosystem in the Nordics, contact:

In Denmark:    High5Girls, Marianne Anderson, e-mail: ma(at)high5girls.dk
In Finland:       INNOKAS Network: Leenu Juurola, e-mail: leenu.juurola(at)helsinki.fi
City of Lappeenranta, Marianne Seppälä, e-mail: marianne.seppala(at)edu.lappeenranta.fi
In Iceland:       Dalvikskoli, Gudny Olafsdottir, e-mail: gudny(at)dalvikurskoli.is
In Norway:      ECWT, Eva Fabry, e-mail: eva.fabry(at)ecwt.eu
In Sweden:     City of Malmö, Department of Digitalization: Annie Bergh, e-mail: annie.bergh(at)malmo.se

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